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Video game screenshot of a red and blue armored character standing before a huge glowing cyan sphere in a sci-fi chamber. A dialogue box reads: "ADAM" and "You are faced with overwhelming power. Accept your helplessness."

Metroid Dread: Accept Your Helplessness, Samus

A Metroid Dread screenshot where Adam tells Samus to accept her helplessness, a bleak line that suits the adult grind for Xennials who grew up on Metroid.

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Video game screenshot of a red and blue armored character standing before a huge glowing cyan sphere in a sci-fi chamber. A dialogue box reads: "ADAM" and "You are faced with overwhelming power. Accept your helplessness."

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Two-panel comparison. Left, text: "Male armor in videogames" above a figure in bulky orange and gold power armor with a red helmet and an arm cannon, as worn by Samus Aran from Metroid. Right, text: "Female armor in videogames" above Link from Breath of the Wild in the teal Gerudo outfit with a face veil, crop top, and baggy purple pants. Illustration of a Nintendo Switch with a blue left Joy-Con and red right Joy-Con floating in a starry purple night sky with a crescent moon. The screen reads in green handwriting: "HAVING FUN IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME". Artist credit in the corner: @charlotte_legat. A slide with the quote "Games are an identity management tool. Games help us become more of who we really are." - Nick Yee (GDC, 2016). A young girl in a red cape stands with hands on hips; her shadow is a geometric superheroine. Credit: "Illustration by Jason Ratliff". Screenshot of a Tumblr post by meeplol titled "You Cannot Rest Here". It reads: "Have you ever played a video game where you have to sleep to recover? They only let you do it if everything is safe. Otherwise they won't let you sleep. You'll get a message, saying "You cannot sleep now, there are monsters nearby." Now, remember the last time you just couldn't get to sleep? I do." Reblog by feelinranty: "Don't you… NES-style dialogue box, white pixel text on black: OH FUCK WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE. WHAT A COMPLETE DOGSHIT ASS NIGHT FOR A CURSE. GOD WHAT A FUCKING NIGHT, MY DUDE. FOR A CURSE I MEAN. FUCK THIS. Pixel art of a muscular fighter in a white gi, seen from behind, walking down a tree-lined path toward a glowing orange sunset. Below, in pixelated pink and yellow letters: "THE FIGHT IS ALL."

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